Is There an Easier Way for the Swallow Case?

  Government sometimes complicates things, takes a circuitous route when things might be easy to figure out, solve and settle.
   Maybe a case in point, maybe not: the Utah House of Representatives is soon to launch an investigation of John Swallow. I'm not sure an investigation is necessary, at least not an expensive one. First, conduct an inquiry. Just talk to Swallow. He spoke to you (meaning the Republican legislators) as you were considering what to do. What can be gleaned from that? Will more discussion with him make it clear what happened, so we do not need to waste money on a high-dollar investigation?
   I found this quote from Swallow in the comments section of a Deseret News story:  "I took trips with Mark Shurtleff to Newport Beach to hang out with a convicted criminal and charged a bunch of stuff to his accounts."  This quote, then, is an admission that at least some of what he is being accused of, did happen. What isn't established is why he took the vacations, and why they came about. It has to raise an eyebrow that the judge rejected as too lenient a plea arrangement the A.G.'s office arranged with Marc Sessions Jenson. This was before the Pelican Hill resort visits, but seems to have been after the relationship with Swallow, if not Shurtleff, had already been established. 
   Anyway, 'tis past time for bed. I might think on this as my bed hits the pillow.

http://www.deseretnews.com/user/comments/765632421/Attorney-General-John-Swallow-tells-House-leaders-my-side-of-the-story.html#cId_28381492